The War on Terror
1990s-2020s
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The War on Terror, 1990s-2020s
The War on Terror
President George W. Bush addresses rescue workers at Ground Zero. 2001.
A worker stands in front of rubble from the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan several weeks after the September 11 attacks. “911: Ground Zero; 10/03/2001.”
Despite George W. Bush’s ill-conceived photo op under a Mission Accomplished banner in May 2003, combat operations in Iraq continued for years.
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PBS Frontline: American Insurrection In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program team up to examine how far-right extremist groups have evolved in the wake of the deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally — and the threat they pose today.
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Review:
- Who was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks and what damage was caused?
- Why did the United States invade Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power in 2001?
- Why did the United States invade Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power in 2003?
- What happened at Abu Ghraib prison, and how did it tarnish America's global reputation?
- What caused the emergence of the Islamic State?
- What acts of domestic terrorism have afflicted the United States?
- How has gun violence affected the United States in recent years?
- What led to the Capitol Insurrection?
Readings
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Primary Sources
- George W. Bush on the Post-9/11 World (2002) - In his 2002 State of the Union Address, George W. Bush proclaimed that the attacks of September 11 signaled a new, dangerous world that demanded American interventions. Bush identified an “Axis of Evil” and provided a justification for a broad “war on terror.”
- 9/11 Commission Report, “Reflecting On A Generational Challenge” (2004) - On July 22, 2004, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States—or, the 9/11 Commission—delivered a 500-plus-page report that investigated the origins of the 9/11 attacks and America’s response and offered policy prescriptions for a post-9/11 world.
Slideshows
Videos
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